Theatre & Arts
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 13-19 May

Our pick of this week's comedy gigs, including Ed Byrne, Simon Munnery, Richard Herring and Gemma Arrowsmith
By Joelg

Comedy Review: Nathan Dean Williams @ Soho Theatre

Comedian compared to an erection, for some strange reason in our reviewer's mind.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Comedy Review: Camden Crawl

Comedy clubs take on the unenviable task of providing afternoon laughter.
By M@

Book Review: Tube London By Rebecca Sams

Slicing up the capital, one Tube station at a time.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Theatre Review: When Women Wee @ Soho Theatre

Don't blame us if your male friends stop talking to you.
By Dave Newbury

Festival Preview: The Great Escape

Pack away your Oyster for a trip to the highlight of the music calendar
By Tabish Khan

Art Review: Dreams In The Garden @ Long & Ryle

Surreal Victorian landscapes in an exotic setting.

Music Preview: 130701 Transcendentalists Tour 2012 @ Barbican

‘Post-classical’ innovation by four artists from the legendary FatCat Records (sponsored post).
By M@

Book Review: Murders Of London By David Long

Shootings, stranglings, stabbings, poisonings...light bed-time reading.
By Dave Newbury

London’s Commuter Belt Festival Guide

We heard rumours of fantastic festivals beyond the M25, it turned out to be true.
By Tom Bolton

Theatre Review: Three Kingdoms @ Lyric Hammersmith

Weird, disturbing, entertaining and including a very naked porn shoot.
By Tabish Khan

Summer Open @ Wimbledon Art Studios

A free art fair in Wimbledon with over 200 artists on display and thousands of works available to purchase.
By Rachel Holdsworth

Book Grocer: 9-15 May

Book, poetry and spoken word events in London this week: a lot of Granta and Edward Lear.
By Dave Newbury

London Dance, RnB and Pop Festival Guide 2012

Don't forget your dancing wellies for some summertime London raving.
By BelindaL

Theatre Review: Belong @ Royal Court

The story of a man's struggle to find out where he belongs in his battle to reach the top.

By Dave Newbury

Festival Review: Camden Crawl 2012

Camden's crowds are no trouble as we hit the streets for the annual Crawl
By Doron

Listen Up! Music Interview: The Spiels

We chat to the Mancunadian band ahead of their debut London show
By Zoe Craig

Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 8 – 14 May

Our pick of this week's top dance, opera, theatre, art, folk, jazz and classical music events
By Rachel Holdsworth

Londonist Presents London Reads @ Deptford Lounge

Christopher Fowler, Craig Taylor and Tom Jones talk London.
By Tabish Khan

Art Preview: The Other Art Fair @ Ambika P3

100 artists displaying over 1,000 works with prices as low as £50.

Win Tickets For Bourgeois & Maurice @ London Wonderground

Expect live child's keytar, unfeasibly feathery eyelashes, sex, tax and rock 'n' roll (sponsored post).

By Londonist

Gig Review: Little Boots @ XOYO

We went to see Little Boots play live. We rather enjoyed ourselves.

By Tabish Khan

Art Preview: Four The Love Of Art @ The Gallery On Cork Street

Four international artists present a free and captivating exhibition featuring a wide variety of styles.
By Sam Smith

Opera Review: Einstein on the Beach @ Barbican Theatre

Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's 1976 opera enjoys its UK premiere.